Advanced Text Messaging; Example 6 - Displaying The Time And Date - Adaptive Beta-Brite 1024 Programming Manual

Advanced text messaging

Before attempting the following, make sure you're familiar with the
previous examples in the "Beginning text messaging" section of this
manual.
Example 6 — Displaying the time and date
NOTE: Because the time and date are not updated when the sign is
off, the time and date must be re-programmed each time the
sign is turned back on.
Step When you do this...
In this example, we'll create a message that continuously displays the current time and date:
Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign.
1
(See "Clearing a sign's memory" on page 5 or "Example 5 — Deleting messages" on page 16.)
2 Press PROGRAM.
3 Press SELECT.
4 Press A.
Hold down SHIFT and
5
press 1 for ROLL.
Advanced text messaging: Example 6 — Displaying the time and date
Rosco
THEN
Advertising
THEN
3:26 PM
THEN
Oct. 14 ,1997
PROG TEXT A
PROG TEXT ?
A]
A]
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You see this...
The time will be displayed
in extra wide letters.
[RL↑]
This stands for Roll mode.
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